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there died and was buried. One tradition makes his residence in Fairfield, Conn., before he moved to North Salem. Another says that he died in Boston, Mass.
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II. Joseph Riggs, b. in Stamford, Conn., 18 May 1738; married, 4 Aug. 1761, at New Canaan, Conn., his cousin, Mary Keeler, who was baptized in New Canaan, 16 May 1742, dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Whitney) Keeler. He joined the church in New Canaan, 1 May 1763. He married (2d), 18 Sept. 1764, at Wilton, Conn., Margaret Resseguie, both of Norwalk.
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III. Sarah Riggs, b. in Stamford, Conn., 22 Oct. 1740. Tradition says that she did not marry, but went to Ohio, with her sister Polly (Riggs) Kimberly, and died there.
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IV. Elizabeth Riggs, b. in Stamford, Conn., 17 Dec. 1742; married ----- Stewart.
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V. Polly Riggs, married ----- Kimberly, went to Ohio, and died there.
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VI. Miles Riggs, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 20 May 1748; a carpenter and joiner, and later, a farmer; married Patty Bull, of Harwinton, Conn., who was born in 1750. They settled in 1772, in the south-east corner of the town of Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn., on a farm which is still, in 1875, owned and occupied by his descendants. He was, at three different times, in the service of his country, in the Revolutionary War, and each time honorably discharged. The family tradition says that once, on coming home from the army, he found two of his three children lying dead in the house, and his wife so ill that she died before the next morning; but the tradition has failed to preserve the date, or the names of the children. He married (2d), Abigail Cowles, widow of Eden Mills. She died at their home in Norfolk, 12 Nov. 1833. He died there, 20 Sept 1836. They were buried in the South End Cemetery, in Norfolk. He was at White Plains, and also at the capture of Burgoyne.
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VII. Prudence Riggs, married, 29 Nov. 1769, at Ridgebury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Samuel Northrop, who was born in Ridgefield, 5 March 1746-7, son of James and Rachel Northrop. He died in Ridgebury, 13 Ap. 1776, "aged about 30 years." Their two children who died a year before him, were, perhaps, all that they had. She married (2d), ----- Leason, and with him dwelt in Ridgebury, where she died.
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VIII. Esther Riggs, b. in Nov. 1752; married, 29 Nov. 1769, at Ridgebury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Abraham Rockwell, her second-cousin, son of John and Elizabeth (Keeler) Rockwell. See his record.
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